Sweden has signed an application declaring it wants to join NATO. This is despite a strong opposition from Turkey and disagreement with Russia over the move. Signing the application is a formal step by Stockholm toward joining the military alliance. The signing also ended years of military neutrality and this move, according to Swedish, became […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on the Taliban on Tuesday to facilitate the departure of all those who want to leave Afghanistan, and said the Western defence alliance has agreed to send additional evacuation planes to Kabul. Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Afghans fleeing to neighbouring countries could make their way to Europe, […]
NATO countries will pull out of Afghanistan together, according to German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer speaking ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels. “We go in together, we go out together,” Kramp-Karrenbauer told broadcaster ARD on Wednesday morning. The statement came a day after Washington revealed a plan to withdraw U.S. troops the largest international […]
Zagreb – NATO’s Secretary- General, Jens Stoltenberg, on Wednesday urged the Talibans to honour the commitments it struck with the U.S, being a pre-condition for the alliance to commence withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The peace deal is an opportunity to open negotiations among Afghans and achieve sustainable peace, the Taliban must honour their commitments. “We need […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called an urgent meeting of the military alliance’s North Atlantic Council on Monday in response to growing tensions in the Middle East. The ambassador-level meeting of the alliance’s main decision-making body will address the situation in Iraq after the killing of Iranian top general Ghassem Soleimani by the U.S. […]
Representatives of the Association of Cattle Sellers, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), NATO, Sheikh Gumi Market Association, among others, have purchased the expression of interest form and nomination form for Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, as part of efforts to support his re-election bid. The representatives presented the forms to the Governor […]
Poland and the Baltic states said on Thursday they were seeking permanent NATO deployments on their soil to counter increased Russian military activity, and a Polish internal document suggested the matter may be raised at a Warsaw summit next year. The Baltic states – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – said they were preparing a joint […]
Afghanistan’s president was forced to briefly delay his trip to India after hundreds of Taliban attacked police and army check posts in the northern Kunduz province Monday. During the delay, Ashraf Ghani met with NATO’s top commander General John Campbell. The fighting began Friday to mark the opening of the Taliban’s spring offensive. The militant […]